Oscar and Lucinda
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1:05:18
Mr. Hopkins.
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Mr. Hopkins, may I...
may I ask you something?

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I have been searching for work as a clerk.
I shall not trouble you much longer.

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No. No, what I wanted to ask
is why do you ignore me?

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I... I know you have been
through awful pain, and I am sorry for it.

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But now you...
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you hide in your room.
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I never see you.
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And when I do, you will not look at me.
You barely speak to me.

1:05:51
I cannot gamble again.
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I have not asked you
to gamble.

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No.
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I'm in constant fear
every moment of the day...

1:06:03
that something we say or do
will start it all over again.

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Well, I admit,
yes, in that case...

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we do not have a good history.
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I am weak.
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It is like opium to me.
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For years, I gambled and took what I needed
and gave the rest to the poor.

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I gambled for a purpose.
There was no sin in what I did.

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But then when I had
all my needs paid for, I still could not stop...

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even when I promised God.
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We shall make a pact.
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We shall?
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To never gamble again.
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I promise I shall never invite you
to a game of cards...

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or any other form
of gambling.


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